Executive Director
“GOOD ROADS ARE SAFE ROADS” CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF TO EDUCATE PUBLIC
Arkansas Good Roads Foundation launches a year-long initiative to ensure safer roads Bentonville, Ark. (Aug. 11, 2020) – Northwest Arkansas community leaders and area stakeholders today joined the Arkansas Good Roads Foundation in launching the “Good Roads are Safe Roads” public safety campaign. Livestreamed from The Great Hall at Crystal Bridges, the event gave local […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: BICYCLING CAN BE SAFER IN THE ‘NEW NORMAL’ WORLD
NWA Online10 Aug 2020 Have you noticed there are more bikes on Arkansas roads than ever before, and fewer bikes left in stores? As the number of COVID cases in Arkansas has jumped, thousands of people turned to an activity that naturally offers socially distanced exercise. All of these new riders are a reminder that […]
PANDEMIC MEANS SUPPLY CHAIN AND ROADS MATTER MORE THAN EVER
By Joe Quinn I’d been home alone for days watching the COVID-19 coverage when it became clear I had to break down and make a grocery run or not eat. I drove on empty streets past dark restaurants thinking my neighborhood looked like it was a snow day, but there was no snow or ice […]
GOOD ROADS DIRECTOR TOUTS BENEFIT OF ISSUE 1 FOR CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES
By Tina Alvey DaleTalk Business & Politics If Issue 1, which would make Arkansas’ half-cent sales tax for roads and highways permanent, does not win voter approval in November, Sebastian County and the cities in it could lose $3.45 million in funding annually. That was the message from Joe Quinn, executive director of Arkansas Good […]
LOCAL LEADERS SAY LOSS OF CURRENT ROAD FUNDING WOULD BE DEVASTATING
By Joe Quinn, Arkansas Good Roads Foundation Executive Director In many ways there are probably no Arkansas elected officials who have a better finger on the pulse of a community than a county judge or small town mayor. Spend some time wandering through a county courthouse, or a modest city hall that shares space with […]